At Night, They Danced
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Two brothers don’t know what to make of their parents spending their date night at home in this charming picture book celebrating the joy of a close-knit family sharing a special evening of togetherness, fun, and love.
Langston and Emerson get super excited when their parents go out for date night. It means their favorite babysitter will stay over, and there will be slime-making, couch jumping, and pizza! But this date night is different. Mom and Dad are getting ready to go out, but they’re staying…home.
When the brothers devise a plan to figure out what their parents are up to, they discover something beautiful.
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In a celebration of "what love looks like," Scott-Miller (Miss Edmonia's Class of Wildfires) crafts a heartwarming tribute to parental date night from the perspective of two children. Siblings Langston and Emerson love the freedom they experience during their parents' weekly outings ("One day a week, four times a month, fifty-two times a year, it's like a holiday"). Ahead of the evenings, they help Dad shave and watch Mom leave two lipstick kisses on the front hall mirror. But tonight, with no explanation, their parents seem to be kicking back at home. There's "no babysitter. And Mom and Dad have their day clothes on." The kids are less than thrilled ("On date nights there's no bedtime, and we get to have pillow fights"). The evening proceeds with dinner and a Miles Davis album, until a post-bedtime event sees the parents honoring date night—and the kids invited to join the fun. Chambers (Dear You, Dream Big!) captures the characters' connection through vibrant, sketch-like illustrations that focus on the warmth of prioritized bonds. Characters are portrayed with a range of brown skin tones. Ages 4–8.
